Triple
T24813
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lee de Forest |
E494
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Audion vacuum tube |
E1029
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Audion vacuum tube | Statement: [Lee de Forest, knownFor, Audion vacuum tube]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Audion vacuum tube Context triple: [Lee de Forest, knownFor, Audion vacuum tube]
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A.
audion vacuum tube
chosen
The audion vacuum tube is an early electronic amplifying device invented by Lee de Forest that enabled long-distance radio communication and laid the groundwork for modern electronics.
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B.
De Forest Radio Telephone Company
De Forest Radio Telephone Company was an early 20th-century American firm that developed and commercialized pioneering radio and wireless telephony technologies.
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C.
Vitaphone
Vitaphone was an early sound-on-disc motion picture system developed by Warner Bros. that played a key role in the transition from silent films to “talkies” in the late 1920s.
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D.
Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
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E.
Analog
Analog is a Texas Instruments business division that designs and manufactures analog semiconductor products such as amplifiers, power management ICs, and signal conditioning solutions.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a243b4ac2c8190b93c303df797b7b2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2466d166881908bd8513c8d09fe8d |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a24e59b35c8190a192ed9095a8756d |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:09 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.